17 Milliarden abgehoben

The crucial period came over 24 hours starting March 13, when Schwartz, 57, realized withdrawals by customers and lenders had escalated so rapidly they would wipe out the firm’s $17 billion in cash, and culminated in a 5 a.m. conference call the next day among regulators including Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.